Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-07-07
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M De Lesseps takes gloomy view OF
Egyptian affairs. He says: 'If England does
not clear out Egypt sooner or later
it will have to fight France / don't say France
will go to war at once, as at present she has
not funds enough, but however low her f.
nances may be she is sure TO rise, and when
she does rise England will have to settle ac-
counts with her. 1t is q life and death ques-
ton with France She can never consent to
England's capture of Egypt II this Anglo
Turkish convention is signed the sultan will
lose his throne. I have letters here announc-
ing that religious chief in Arabia is prepar-
ing revolution.
"A meeting was held at Phoenix park, Cub
lin, recently, to protest against Mr.. Sexton's
exclusion from the lord mayoralty of that city
Many prominent nationalists were in at
tendance
-Lolly Robinson, colored, recently shot and
killed Charles Williams, colored, at Caperton,
West Virginia. The troubles grew out of
Williams intimacy with Robinson's wife.
Robinson escaped, but later surrendered to
officers and was taken by mob of blacks and
whites and lynched Robinson's wife, whom
this mob sought, took to the mountains and
escaped the fate of her paramount.
William Thompson, prominent Demo-
crat of Humboldt, Iowa, and well known all
over the State, has been appointed deputy
revenue collector for the Third collection dis
rict of the Third revenue district of Iowa,
under Byron Webster. The territory is the
thirteen northwestern counties, and includes
Woodbury.. 1t was an unsou hit appointment
and is worth about $1,000 year. Mr.
Thompson's official headquarters will be at
Humboldt His commission dates from July l..
-Ex-Controller William Lawrence, of
Ohio, as council for the settlers of granted
lands along the Sioux City aud st Paul rail-
road in O'Brien and Woodbury. counties, To- i,
has flied the reply of the settlers on that
road rs to Secretary Lamar's indemnity land
order. These arc the lands which congress
has been repeatedly urged to forfeit
Tho much talked of leap from balloon
was made by Prof Thomas s. Baldwin at
Quincy, ILL.,, recently. Over 10000 people
witnessed tho performance, which was very
daring. Baldwin ascended to the height of
one mile and then, holding his parachute,
launched himself into space. The parachute
is about eighteen feet in diameter and made
OF cords and strong silk When the jump was
made it was closed, and the first 200 feet the
aeronaut dropped like rock. Then, as the
parachute expanded, the speed became less
rapid, and the aeronaut and his strange appar-
atus tioated steadily down like bird 1t was
agrand sight. The descent was accomplished
in three minutes and twenty seconds. Bald
win struck the ground with some force, but
not enough to injuro him The descent varied
about quarter of mile from vertical, and
the professor struck the ground about mile
and half from where the ascent was made.
His attempt to collapse the balloon when
jumping failed, and it scared away skyward
when relieved of his weight Baldwin is
native of Quincy and 26 years old. He was
for number of years engaged in the news
paper business here, but for the last few
years has been studying athletics and balloon
ing. He made similar leap in California
last winter, the distance being 1000 feet
Washington specials assert that the pres
sure for an extra session of congress is in
creasing During June the surplus in the
treasury increased at an unprecedented rate,
the increase being SIG 4l6,0 and notwith-
standing heavy drafts must be shortly made
on the treasury on account of pensions, it is
morally certain that during the next few
months the surplus will roll up enormously.
Secretary Fairchild has during the past two
weeks been holding long interviews with the
president, discussing the present prospective
situation of the treasury, with reference to IN
extra session, and it is reported that they are
seriously considering the question whether it
is safe to let things drift till the regular ses-
sion.
In Grand avenue saloon at Chicago Dem
mis- Callahan shot and killed his nephew, Gar
rett Callahan, assistant yardmaster of the
Milwaukee & St Paul railroad The murder
seems to have been premeditated one, and is
supposed TO have been inspired by motives OF
jealousy and revenge The tragedy created
great excitement in the neghborhood, and
large crowd menaced the murderer with vio-
lence when the police arrived OH the scene and
took him into custody.
The signal service weather crop bulletin
reports that the weather has been two de-
grees in excess of the average in the northern
States, and from three to seven below the
normal in the southern States in the past
seven days The rainfall has been heavy in
the South, while from Michigan and the Ohio
valley eastward to the Atlantic coast there was
deficiency of about an inch During Nav
and June less than so per cent of the average
amount OF rainfall occurred in the lower Ohio
valley, Indiana, Illinois, southern Wisconsin
Iowa, and southeast Minnesota The weather
has been favorable for the harvesting of
wheat and hay from tho lake region and the
Ohio valley eastward to the Atlantic coast
while in the Missouri and Mississippi valleys
showers have delayed harvesting The
weather has been especially favorable in the
corn region and the recent rains have extend
ed over the greater portion of the corn belt
Three brothers named Moffat, aged l3
10 and II years, were drowned while bathing
in the Brunt river near Fenelon Fails, Ont
recently"
-Moonlighters visited the farm of an ex-
magistrate near Fieres, Ireland, the other
night, warned the family to leave the place.
tnd then set fire 10 tho house
The emperor of China is to be married
shortly, amid fabulous splendor and magnia-
cence.